SMS are looking to arrange a workshop (June/July 2024) on the Post 2025 SMIP Framework with a goal to create a coherent view and fund an independent whitepaper ahead of the upcoming DESNZ consultation. Below is a high level view of the potential agenda and current changes being considered, and a poll for availability. Members interested in participating please contact Tom Woolley directly.
High level agenda
- 1030 – Start – Tea, Coffee, welcomes
- Chatham House Rules
- Challenges with current approach for SMIP
- Open forum on potential changes, including the two commonly discussed (below)
- Agree the concepts to take forward and agree the scope of a deep dive
- Industry and consumer cost impacts of such changes
- SMIP benefits for DESNZ to consider
- Agree Timelines – ambition to be ready for DESNZ consultation on Post 2025 Framework in Autumn 2024
- 1500 – Wrap up
Potential changes
Idea 1 – Consumer Led Roll Out
- Enable a consumer to request and book their own smart meter install
- Any compliant MEM can install, but only where it is non-smart to smart
- Option 1
- Devices must be auto pairing
- SMICOP adhered to via IHD demo mode
- Energy Suppliers have SLA under licence condition to adopt meter into CHURN agreement & Commission Devices remotely
- Option 2
- MEM responsible to integrate to Energy Suppliers DCC Adapters to commission a generic device and establish HAN and WAN.
- Option 3
- Change RSA Role to enable commissioning SR’s to establish HAN & WAN
- Energy Suppliers have SLA under licence condition to adopt meter into CHURN agreement & complete commissioning remotely
This opens up competition for SMIP. Enabling MEM and partners to target consumers directly and present a different set of benefits.
An interesting statistic. 20% of users downloading free energy apps, or apps that use smart meter data, don’t have a smart meter. The vast majority of these once said no to their energy supplier. For context, we are looking at non-energy supplier brands going live with millions of customers this year. At the moment, all we can do is say “contact your energy supplier to get a smart meter”. If the above change was in place, we’d be able to capture the interest there and then and offer an install.
Idea 2 – Coordinated Installs
- When a MOP is in a Crowded Meter Room completing work for Alt HAN. They should have the ability to offer a Smart Meter install there and then, not just move traditional meters
- More broadly, if this works – no real reason why Alt HAN could not facilitate a wider co-ordinated install model
- The same logic as above, post install options should apply in terms of ability to complete commissioning and adoption